Chapter 40
Shi Buxi lay on the sand dune, his hands clasped behind his head, listening to the audience and observing the stars. At the current rate the stars were shifting, it wouldn't be long before the human empire would have to change its emperor.
"The emperor, it can only be him." Shi Buyi murmured, then came back to his senses, surprised at his inexplicable words, and quickly relieved.
Connecting the chaotic dreams he had since entering Blue Star and the images that suddenly emerged, he was sure that he must have a connection with this place.
So, how can we save him?
Shi Buxi was a little worried. He couldn't just run up to the current emperor and say: I suspect we knew each other before. You are in danger now. Be careful not to get hurt by others.
With a soft sigh, he turned his head, his gaze settling on Tianfu Star, which stood across from Ziwei Star. Ziwei Star was the master of the Northern Dipper, while Tianfu was the master of the Southern Dipper. Both were considered imperial stars. However, Ziwei Star was considered the master of all stars, while Tianfu was the Kun hexagram, also known as the Queen Star.
Now this star is very bright, and its light is faintly flowing towards Ziwei Star.
Shi Buxi immediately stood up, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked again. It was indeed true. The emperor seemed to be saved, but it seemed that he had to find Hou Xing, the empress of this empire.
"Um, is your emperor married?" Shi Buyi asked, his chest shrinking slightly for some reason, feeling heavy and depressed.
[Pfft, you're talking about our emperor again. Isn't he our emperor?]
【Hahaha, no! 】
"That's right, is there a queen?" Shi Buyi asked again.
[How can there be a queen if they haven't even gotten married? Monogamy is the norm these days, even for the emperor.]
"Ah, yes. Thirteen years ago, His Majesty, who was still the Crown Prince, admitted that he had a young fiancé, a childhood sweetheart and a young queen, but no one had ever seen them. 】
[Hmm, some say the engagement was secretly called off, some say the young queen died young, there are all sorts of theories.]
I think the biggest possibility is that she's missing. If the engagement was called off, it would definitely be announced, and if she died young, there would be a funeral. So the biggest possibility is that she's missing.
[Your Majesty is 28 years old and doesn't even have a girlfriend or boyfriend. He must be waiting for the young queen. Wow, my poor Majesty.]
[I'm a fan of the Little Queen and His Majesty. His Majesty, being single, is so miserable.]
[Enough of you missing people, who dares to kidnap the little queen? ]
[Who knows? His Majesty ascended the throne at a young age and has been controlled by the Regent. Who knows if he will make a move on the young Queen?]
"Xiao Xi, are you very curious about His Majesty?" Zong Ziyu finally calmed down. Thinking back on Shi Buxi's performance tonight, he always felt that he paid too much attention to His Majesty.
"Yeah, curious." Shi Buyi laughed.
"But what they said is almost all on the Star Internet. Most of them are rumors. Haven't you heard of them?" Zong Ziyu asked curiously.
"I don't go online very often." Shi Buyi replied. Realizing that he was too obvious, he pretended to be sleepy and yawned, half-closed his eyes, "I'll rest for ten minutes. Call me in ten minutes."
Zong Ziyu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back.
Around five in the morning, the desert sky began to brighten. Waiting for the tent to rustle, the two men descended the dunes and gathered their belongings. Yesterday, time was tight, so everyone focused on finding a house. They hadn't searched for supplies yet, but today they also had to find medicine and food, and they also had to restock their water supplies.
"We must search thoroughly this time. We must get all the supplies, especially the water, which is very important." Feng Shen said solemnly. It would take seven days to get out of the desert after leaving this city, so we had to be well prepared.
"Yes." Everyone answered loudly, and then burst into laughter.
In view of the unstable factor of being "watched", everyone was divided into two teams, one team led by Lu Feng and the other team led by Shi Buxi, and they dispersed to collect supplies.
The town wasn't too big, nor was it too small. The group searched from morning till night, barely finishing the search. This time, they found a relatively good supply: besides the bread everyone was tired of, there were also some meat snacks, water, and a first aid kit. Fortunately, there were no vampires or mummies in their search.
With sufficient supplies, everyone got up early the next day and packed up to set off. This time, the desert they were crossing was even larger than the previous one, consisting mostly of rocky plateaus and sandy plains. The climate was hot, dry, and desolate. The group walked for three days without seeing a blade of grass or a bird. Most frightening of all, there was a faint, extremely unpleasant odor from the ground.
"It must be an alkaline land!" Feng Shen said, otherwise it would be impossible for not even a blade of grass to grow.
"We have to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise it might be bad for our health if we inhale too much," Tian Lou said. He had done a lot of research before coming here and knew that this desert was very dangerous.
"The water is used up too quickly. Let's hurry up and not rest until we reach the middle age. What do you think?" Feng Shen asked.
"In a place like this, I can't even eat while resting!" Zong Ziyu looked uncomfortable.
The others agreed one after another. When they didn't hear Shi Buxi's voice, they turned to look at him, only to see that he had a tissue stuffed in his nose and was looking up at the sky, as if trying to keep his nose away from the ground.
Everyone burst into laughter, then quickly covered their mouths and urged the camels to speed up.
After walking for another three days, the water was almost gone. However, due to the hot weather, everyone had limited food, so there was still a lot left.
"In two days, we will be out of the desert!" Zong Ziyu gnawed on the bread with a bitter face, staring at the water bottle, controlling himself not to touch it, and secretly encouraged himself in his heart: I can have a couple of sips after I finish eating.
"According to the distance, that's right." Feng Shen said.
"It's really strange. We've been walking for six days, but we can't see a river at all." Jian Xiaonan said puzzledly.
"It's not strange that there is no river in the desert. It was luck that we encountered one before," said Lu Feng.
While everyone was talking, Shi Buxi had already finished his bread, drank his water for today, and yawned.
Because of the hot weather these two days, the human body consumes water quickly, and cannot replenish water in time, so the body functions decline and I feel sleepy very quickly at night.
"Xiao Xi, are you going to sleep?" Zong Ziyu asked with a smile.
"Yeah!" Shi Buxi responded, nodded, stood up and walked towards the tent.
"What's wrong with Xiaoxi? She didn't seem to talk much today." Zong Ziyu asked puzzledly.
"I don't want to talk either," Jian Xiaonan said, covering his mouth. Because of the lack of water, he hadn't even had time to wash for the past two days. Fortunately, the temperature was low at night, so he could still fall asleep after sweating all day.
It was a sad story, and she just wanted to get out of the desert as soon as possible.
"No." As Shi Buyi walked towards the tent, he habitually looked up at the Big Dipper, but found that the direction was not right. "Are we going in the wrong direction?"
"What did you say? Wrong direction?" Feng Shen had sharp ears. When he heard Shi Buxi's words, he quickly released the terminal map. Others came over to take a look and found that there was nothing wrong.
"Area one should be in the southwest, but we are now heading northwest." Shi Buxi walked to Feng Shen, put the two maps together, and found that the pointers in the two holograms were in different directions.
"Why is this happening?" Everyone was shocked and quickly put out their own holographic maps, only to find that the directions of everyone's pointers were deviated.
"The geomagnetism, there must be something wrong with the geomagnetism." Lu Feng said quickly.
"So, we've been backtracking all this time? How many days have we been going back?" Jian Xiaonan's face turned pale. They were running out of water, and most importantly, "The needle is wrong. How are we going to get out of the desert?"
"Zuo Yue, bastard." Feng Shen gritted his teeth and cursed, turning his head to glare at the camera. He must have known it a long time ago, but he didn't even give a warning.
"What should we do now? We have no water." Tian Lou said worriedly.
"We have to figure out where we are first. Xiaoxi, can you use constellations to determine the direction?" Lu Feng looked serious.
"Hmm!" Shi Buxi replied. In Taoism, he specialized in talismans and formations, with constellations being a key area of study, so naturally he couldn't be far behind.
"What about during the day? We are traveling during the day!" Jian Xiaonan said worriedly.
"I have a way." Shi Buxi said.
"Then starting tomorrow, we won't follow the terminal navigation. It's up to you." Feng Shen looked at Shi Buxi seriously.
"Don't worry, but we don't have enough water, so we have to be more frugal." It was not difficult for Shi Buxi to lead them out of the desert, but the difficulty lay in supplies.
Several people looked serious and nodded.
After Shi Buxi finished talking to everyone, he did not return to the tent immediately. Instead, he found a stone and drew a big circle on the ground. Then he looked up at the sky from time to time, wrote and drew. After about five minutes, a complex pattern vaguely emerged.
【What's this? 】
"A map of the constellations." Shi Buyi finished speaking and asked Feng Shen and the others to find stones for him. After he finished drawing the map, he placed the stones one by one and took a photo with his terminal. "Okay, now we don't have to worry about the wind at night and the ground being flattened."
"This map is so important, let's sleep with a tent around it at night to block the wind," Zong Ziyu suggested.
When the others heard this, they expressed their agreement.
The night grew darker and darker, and everyone fell asleep with worry. They got up early the next day, consciously reduced the amount of breakfast, and only drank a small sip of water to moisten their throats.
"Xiao Xi, how are you leaving?" Feng Shen saw that Shi Buxi hadn't moved yet, so he walked over and asked.
"Wait a little longer, until the sun comes out." Shi Buxi looked towards the horizon. He could already see the faint glow of the morning sun, but it wasn't enough. The desert was too vast, and even if he knew the general direction, it was easy to get lost. "Pack up your tents and give them to me."
Although everyone didn't understand what Shi Buxi was going to do, they did as he said.
After Shi Bushi took it, he straightened and tied up six retractable tents that were about arm length, making a long pole about two feet long. Facing the direction of the sun, he drew a cross in the middle of the star map left over from last night, pressed the long pole on the intersection of the cross, and measured the shadow.
[The sun rises in the east. Why not just look at it and head southwest?]
Yes, why do we need to test it?
"The land is so vast, there's a big difference between 30 degrees southwest and 70 degrees southwest." Shi Buxi replied without raising his head.
When everyone thought about it, they realized that it was indeed the case.
Shi Buxi's movements were not slow. Everyone saw him writing and drawing on the map, calculating something. After a while, he said, "Okay, let's go."
Feng Shen and others were confused, but Zong Ziyu was interested. He took pictures and said he would go back and study them after the show.
Everyone followed Shi Buxi and the star map and shadow measurement video drawn by Shi Buxi were on the hot search list on the star network. Many people @ numbers or astronomers, asking them if they could understand it.
[It looks very complicated to me, and I don’t understand it at all.]
[There are so many stars in the sky that Shi Buyi almost drew the Milky Way, and even added punctuation. Isn't this even more terrifying?]
[A star map and a long pole are enough to get you out of the desert? I'm a little skeptical.]
[The ancients were able to do this even without a star network. What's so strange about that?]
Many people during the live broadcast were amazed at Shi Buxi's actions but also skeptical, wanting to see if he was really that amazing.
Feng Shen and the others were also nervous, but they suppressed their restlessness and followed Shi Buxi. However, after following Shi Buxi for two days and still not seeing any town, they became irritable.
"Our water supply may not last one day. Did we take the wrong path?" Tian Lou's face was sunburned red. Due to lack of water, his lips were dry and the hard lip skin was lifted up, making him look extremely dehydrated.
"Xiao Xi, what do you think?" Feng Shen suppressed his irritability and asked.
"The direction is correct." Shi Buyi licked his lips. He was also very thirsty.
"Let's take a break!" Tian Lou felt dizzy and his solar plexus felt swollen and painful.
Upon hearing this, the others looked up at the scorching sun above their heads, and then looked at the endless desert stretching around them without any shelter. Stopping at this time would only be a waste of time and would be of no use at all.
"We can't stop, it will just be a waste of energy." Feng Shen shook his head and replied.
"Have a drink of water!" Shi Buyi handed over his water bottle.
Jian Xiaonan looked at it and wanted to stop it, but seeing that Tian Lou looked like he was about to faint, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. Because water was extremely scarce, they had already divided the remaining water yesterday, taking responsibility for their own actions.
Tian Lou turned his head to look at Shi Buyi's kettle, swallowed his saliva, shook his head and said in a hoarse voice: "I, I still have some."
Then he turned his head quickly.
Seeing him like this, Shi Buxi didn't force him.
When it was getting dark, the group chose a place to stop and set up camp.
"How much water do you have left?" Feng Shen walked to Shi Buxi and asked in a low voice.
"There's still half a pot left." Shi Buyi shook the kettle and felt that there should be about five or six hundred ml left.
Feng Shen listened and fell silent. He had paid special attention to everyone while they were eating, and it was obvious that everyone was running low on water. It was unclear whether they could make it through tomorrow.
"Can you find a way to find a river?" Feng Shen asked. He was at his wit's end. The desert looked completely bare, not a single blade of grass growing.
Shi Buxi shook his head and looked up at the clear night sky.
"Sometimes the desert doesn't rain for a whole year, so it's useless to look at the weather." Zong Ziyu walked up to Shi Buyi and said, "Go to bed early and recover your strength. Will you keep watch tonight?"
"We have to defend it!" Feng Shen turned around and looked at the empty night sky. Although he didn't feel like he was being watched in the past two days, he still felt uneasy.
When the others saw his gaze, their hearts skipped a beat. At this time, it would be better if the unidentified species did not appear, otherwise there would be trouble.
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